Atomic Hobo - Nuclear War Podcast

By Julie McDowall

A weekly podcast on how we prepared for nuclear war.

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The podcast currently has 246 episodes available.

Atomic Hobo - Nuclear War Podcast episodes:

May 12, 2025 Four Minutes of When The Wind Blows, Part 8
The episode where the bomb drops!

I've also uploaded a new Four Minutes of The War Game episode for patrons, so please consider joining us there at www.patreon.com/atomichobo

Thanks,

Julie
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40min
April 29, 2025 When The Wind Blows, Part 7
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37min
April 21, 2025 Operation Wake Up!
"LA was bombed today" said the local paper in 1951. This was Operation Wake Up.
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27min
March 20, 2025 A Silly Name for the H-Bomb
The 1950s trend - which caused mockery and anger - for calling the hydrogen bomb "clean" or "humanitarian". Could the Americans make this awful weapon clean, or was it just a ploy to quiet our fear of fallout, and silence calls to ban nuclear testing?

If you've been enjoying my FOUR MINUTES OF...episodes, please know I'm doing the same on Patreon for THE WAR GAME. Episode 6 of Four Minutes of The War Game was uploaded at the weekend, and you can join us for £3 a month and get all extra episodes. Find it here: www.patreon.com/atomichobo

Thanks for listening,

Julie
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24min
March 10, 2025 When The Wind Blows, Part 6
The shadow of death falls over Jim and Hilda's cottage. Not that they notice! Too busy sorting out bottles and pepper pots - getting things just right for the bomb!
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44min
March 04, 2025 "Killed Twice": Cars in Nuclear Tests
Operation Hot Rod in 1951 took five 1930s cars out to the new Nevada test site.
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February 24, 2025 Annie and Her Flying Toilet
The 1953 nuclear test, ANNIE, and her creepy mannequins, wrecked cars, and flying toilets.

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38min
February 19, 2025 Four Minutes of When the Wind Blows, Part 5
A long episode today because the bomb draws near.

Jim tries to protect his home with pineapple chunks, cushions and white paint.

Join us on Patreon to read Jim's civil defence booklet, and get a bonus podcast on it: The Householder's Survival Guide from West Sussex Council, published in 1979. www.patreon.com/.atomichobo
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51min
February 05, 2025 Praying for Nuclear War
What happened when a sect arrived in Montana in the 1980s, with predictions that the end was nigh, annoying the bears at Yellowstone, and digging shelters all over the place?

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Thank you
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49min
January 29, 2025 When The Wind Blows, Part 4
Examining the film, four minutes at a time. This week, Jim and Hilda hide from reality via wartime nostalgia. But the missiles are being readied.

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